Selevinia
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Desert Dormouse Fossil range: Recent
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Gliridae Subfamily: Leithiinae Genus: Selevinia Belosludov & Bazhanov, 1939 Species: S. betpakdalaensis
Binomial name
Selevinia betpakdalaensis Belosludov & Bazhanov, 1939

The Desert Dormouse (Selevinia betpakdalaensis) is a species of rodent in the Gliridae family. It is monotypic within the genus Selevinia. It is endemic to Kazakhstan.

References

• Holden, M. E. 2005. Family Gliridae. Pp. 819-841 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
• Tchabovsky, A. 1996. Selevinia betpakdalaensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.

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